UP Secondary Education Act | Appointment Against Fraudulently Created Short-Term Vacancy Can't Be Regularised: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that Section 33-F of the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board Act, 1982 cannot be invoked to claim substantive appointment where the short term vacancy against which the teacher was appointed was itself fraudulently created.Section 33-F provides for regularisation of appointments made against short term vacancies, entitling teachers appointed...

Messi Event Fiasco: Calcutta High Court Extends Aroop Biswas' Interim Protection Till November 30, Allows Probe To Continue

The Calcutta High Court has extended till November 30 the interim protection from coercive action granted to former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas in connection with the disruption during Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake Stadium in December 2025.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya passed the order while hearing Biswas' plea seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings against him.The...

'Ruining Career Of Aspirants More Heinous Than Murder': Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Bail To Ex-CGPSC Secretary In Exam Paper Leak Case

The Chhattisgarh High Court has rejected the bail plea of former Secretary of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) Jeevan Kishor Dhruv, observing that prima facie material indicated his involvement in a conspiracy to leak confidential question papers to allegedly benefit his son who was subsequently selected as Deputy Collector. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 108]“Having considered...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Ex-DIG IPS Bhullar's Second Bail Plea In CBI Trap Bribery Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined regular bail to Harcharan Singh Bhullar, a suspended DIG of Ropar Range, Punjab Police, in a CBI case alleging demand of illegal gratification, holding that the absence of recovery from the accused himself is of little consequence where the co-accused is alleged to have accepted the bribe on his behalf. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 267]Justice Manisha...

Mere Ownership Of Land Where Transformer Is Installed Insufficient To Prosecute For Electrocution Death: Karnataka High Court

Clarifying the criminal liability for electrocution deaths, the Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a doctor who was charge-sheeted for the death of a labourer due to electrocution on her agricultural land. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 292]The single judge bench of Justice Anant Ramanth Hegde held that mere ownership of property where a transformer is installed cannot...

Jharkhand High Court Upholds Mother's Life Sentence For Killing 4 & 2-Year-Old Sons, Says 'Instead Of Protecting, She Devoured Them'

The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of a woman for the murder of her two minor sons, aged four and two years.A Division Bench of Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Justice Arun Kumar Rai found that the circumstances on record pointed towards the woman's involvement in the killings. The Court dismissed her appeal against a 2021 trial court judgment convicting her...

'Right To Electricity Part Of Article 21': AP High Court Quashes Permanent Rejection Of Mill's Application For Power Connection

Holding that the right to electricity is an integral and inextricable part of Article 21 of the Constitution, the Andhra Pradesh High Court set aside the permanent rejection of a flour mill owner's application for a new electricity connection and directed the distribution licensee to process it as per the Electricity Act provisions. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 184]The Court held that even if...

LiveLaw Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 3 - August 9, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 315 - 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 319Nominal IndexSanjay Choudhary v the State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 315Dinesh Chourasiya v State of Rajasthan & Ors, and other connected petitions; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 316Bhim Singh Meena v State of RajasthanSuo Motu: In Re Illegal Registration of Municipal Properties (incl. Judges' Bungalows, Geeta Bhawan,...

Disability Reservation Can't Be Claimed For Engagement As Govt Lawyer: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that the reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities in Government establishment under Section 34 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act does not extend to engagement of Government lawyers as such engagement is contractual and cannot be equated with appointment to Government service. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 378]The Division Bench of Justice SM Subramaniam...

Orissa High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Journalist Booked For Claiming Odisha Minister Offered Him Bribe

The Orissa High Court has recently denied anticipatory bail to the editor of a digital media platform for his alleged defamatory remarks against the State Education Minister Nityananda Gond over multiple errors found in school textbooks.The petitioner Sudhanshu Sekhar Rout, who is the Editor-in-Chief of an online news platform called 'Focus Plus', allegedly made certain comments claiming that...

LPG Distributor Has No Legitimate Expectation To Retain Customers It Enrols On Behalf Of Oil Companies: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an LPG distributor has no legitimate expectation to retain customers on its rolls, as those customers are enrolled on behalf of the Oil Marketing Companies and not for the distributor itself. Upholding the Policy on Customer Transfer-Market Restructuring dated 21st Febraury 2025, the Court held that a distributor which has accepted the clauses of the...

Mother Can't Settle POCSO Case Registered Against Father For Sexually Assaulting Minor Daughter: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the mother of a minor cannot settle or compromise the criminal case initiated against the father for sexually assaulting or sexually harassing their minor daughter. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 437]Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath denied bail to a man, who was arrested for sexually assaulting his minor daughter, and refused to accept that the case has...